| Scientific Name: | Persicaria amplexicaulis |
| Common Name: | mountain fleeceflower |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Irregular, Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves ovate-lanced shaped, about 25cm long; flowers bell shaped, pink, white, or purple, inflorescence rises above, narrow spike, about 10cm long. | |